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• Gas Turbines

  Rolls-Royce MT30 to power 30 Japanese frigates

  Rolls-Royce’s MT30 gas turbines to power the fleet of 30 CCM-class frigates of the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force. Construction work on the first of the 30 planned ...

  On May 24, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Gas power plant to come up in Afghanistan

  Bayat Power, the power production division of Bayat Energy Afghanistan’s largest Afghan-owned Energy Exploration, Development and Production Company, has announced that the Government of The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA), ...

  On May 21, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Compressors

  Solar Turbine equipment bound for Ukraine

  Solar Turbines has been contracted to provide turbomachinery equipment for the Chervonodonetska and Khrestyschenska booster compressor stations in Ukraine, according to reports in Ukranian media. The stations have been ...

  On May 21, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  Selecting mechanical seal materials

  The wide range of different materials available for mechanical seal faces makes choosing the right face combination seem difficult. It is even more intimidating knowing that the wrong ...

  On May 21, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Auxiliaries

  EthosEnergy has been awarded a multi-million dollar optimization and upgrades contract

  EthosEnergy has been awarded a multi-million optimization and upgrades contract for work with a customer in the upper Mid-West. The contract is for an ico controls upgrade on two Pratt and Whitney FT4 TwinPac’s (gas fuel ...

  On May 16, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Siemens supplies SGT-800 gas turbines to Panama

  Siemens has received its first order from Panama for six SGT-800 gas turbines. The industrial gas turbines, along with a steam turbine, will provide approximately 440 megawatts of ...

  On May 16, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  Turf battles: GE makes a pitch for aftermarket of Siemens, Mitsubishi gas turbines

  GE’s Power Services business has unveiled a range of products and services targeting gas turbine fleets of other OEMs, including Siemens’ and Mitsubishi’s SGT-800 and 501F units. GE ...

  On May 16, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
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  Gas Turbines

  Axial staging in combustor upgrade helps to deliver emission compliance at 25% load

  GE has introduced the new 7F DLN2.6+ Flex upgrade solution at the annual 7F Users Group Annual Conference in Atlanta. Leveraging GE’s industry-leading DLN 2.6+ combustor and combining ...

  On May 12, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Combined Cycle

  Combined cycle commissioned in Pakistan

  A 1,230 MW combined cycle power plant has finished all its commissioning activities in Pakistan. The Haveli Bahadur Shah features 9HA.01 heavy-duty gas turbines, one 400 MW GE ...

  On May 12, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors
• Gas Turbines

  LM2500+G4 powers Italian Navy’s frigate

  GE’s Marine Solutions reports that the seventh multi-purpose FREMM frigate Federico Martinengo, was recently delivered to the Italian Navy by shipyard Fincantieri. All of the Italian Navy’s new Carlos ...

  On May 12, 2018 / By TMI Staff & Contributors